[Elecraft] Mods Not Fun....not fun at all!

[Denis Dimick]

Sent you a web site to look at... try www.lanl.gov.. will look at the 
e-mail I sent when I get back to work on Mon..



On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Vic Rosenthal wrote:

> Don Wilhelm wrote:
> 
> > The mods are not mandatory - your K2 will continue to perform as well as
> > when it was built without adding any mods at all.
> > 
> ...
> > The process at work on this reflector is that any and all mods are discussed
> > (sometimes at great length).  Everything is out in the open for public
> > discussion.  
> 
> I'm in the software business.  We send out an update or two to all of 
> our users every year on CD's.  A couple of years ago we started putting 
> optional intermediate updates on our web site every few weeks, along 
> with a detailed change list.  This enables our users to get immediate 
> fixes and new features, if they choose to.
> 
> The result -- complaints!  Why are there so many updates?  There are so 
> many [fixed] bugs on your change list!  And so forth.  Despite this, we 
> continue to do it because in reality, if not perception, it IS better 
> for the users.
> 
> Believe me, there are plenty of potential improvements for your 
> Yaecomwoodtec rig that you will never hear about, because the 
> manufacturers only put out service bulletins for the most critical issues.
> 
> Vic K2VCO
> 
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